Academic Activity per Department {MISTAB-1}


This menu option generates a set of data that describes the formal instruction in a Department. The number of subjects offered, number of enrolments for subjects, number of subject passes, number of FTE (Full Time Equivalent) Students and number of Degree Credits are calculated and stored per Course Level for every Department. These calculations can be done over a period of more than one academic year, up to a maximum of 5 academic years.


Note that Subject Enrolments for Attendance only and Examination Only purposes are excluded from the Number of Subject Enrolments. 

The corresponding ORACLE View is named M12v_Academic_Activity and contains following columns:

 
A.    Request_Detail.  The unique request number, user ID and the generation date (this is  the date on which this menu option was run by the user in order to generate the data).

B.    Heading_Line_1_Part_1.   This column contains a description of the type of data in the view.

C.    Heading_Line_1_Part_2.  This column contains the first part of the parameters supplied by the user when the particular set of data was generated.

D.    Heading_Line_2_Part_2.  This column contains the second part of the parameters supplied by the user when the particular set of data was generated.
 
E.    Status_Field_Number_1.  This column contains the number of records read, the number of  errors and the number of warnings encountered when the particular set of data was generated.  The sequence is Records Read:  Errors:  Warnings.
   
F.    Row_Number.  The rows in the summarized data set are numbered.  This column contains a row number for the set of data as stored on the database.
 
G.    Faculty_School.  The code of the Faculty or School of the Department {GCS-4} as defined in {GCS-3}.
 
H.    Faculty_School_Name.  The name of the Faculty or School indicated on the Department {GCS-4} as defined in {GCS-3}.
 
I.     Dept_Code.  The Department Code indicated on the Subject Definition {SACADO-10}.

J.    Department_Name.  The Name of the Department indicated on the Subject Definition {SACADO-10} as defined in {GCS-4}.

K.   Year.  The Academic Year for which the students enrolled, according to the user selection.

L.   Sapse_Course_Level.  The intended level of complexity of the subject matter as indicated by the Course Level in the Subject Definition {SACADO-10}

M.  Sapse_2_9_Row_Code. The CESM (Classification of Educational Subject Matter) is a classification scheme for subject areas.  The code indicated here is the rowcode used in SAPSE Table 2.9 - 2.11 as indicated in the Subject Definition {SACADO-10}.

N.  Request_Number. The unique request number.

O.  Number_of_Subjects_Offered.  The number of individual subjects indicated as active in the Curriculum {SACADO-17} for the particular department.
 
P.    Subject_Enrolments.  The number of subject enrolments.  Details of the subject registrations, cancellations and results of students can be viewed in option {SSTUDY-21b3}.

Q.   Cancellations_before_Census.  The number of subject cancellations before the Census Date for the particular Block. Details of the subject registrations, cancellations and reults of students can be viewed in option {SSTUDY-21b3}.

R.    Cancellations_after_Census.  The number of subject cancellations after the Census date for the particular Block. Details of the subject registrations, cancellations and results of students can be viewed in option {SSTUDY-21b3}.  Census dates are entered in the General System in option {GOPS-1}.
 
S.    Subject_Passes.  The number of subject enrolments with a Pass Result Code.  Details of the subject registrations, cancellations and results of students can be viewed in option {SSTUDY-21b3}.

T.    Fte_Enrolled_Students.  Full Time Equivalent Enrolled Students are calculated by multiplying the number of students enrolled for a subject/qualification combination with the stats credit specified in the Curriculum {SACADO-17} for the particular subject/qualification.
 
U.    Degree_Credits.  Degree Credits are calculated by multiplying the number of students who passed a subject/qualification combination with the stats credit specified in the curriculum Curriculum {SACADO-17} for the particular subject/qualification

V.    Subsidy_Students.  Weighted Full Time Equivalent Subsidy Students is a figure used by the South African Education Authorities in determining funding levels and is determined from the FTE enrolled and FTE degree credit values.

User Selection Prompt Text
* an item between square brackets [ ] is the default answer
Type
&
Length
Comments
  Start Year  

(Note:  The system will allow a maximum of 5 years between start / end year).
YYYY  
  Start/End Exam Year and Month YYYYMM  
  (C)ontact Tuition / (D)istance Tuition or ALL A3  
  Block Code or ALL A1  
  (P)art Time / (F)ull Time or ALL A1  
  (U)ndergraduate / (P)ost-graduate or ALL A1  
  Faculty Code or ALL N4  
  Department Code or ALL N4  
 

Sort Order Per Comments
  None  


System Select   
  No special system selection


Example
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Processing
Rules
  
   No special processing rules




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History Of Changes

Date System Version By Whom Job Description
27-Mar-2008 v01.0.0.0 Magda van der Westhuizen t149068 New manual format.
26-Jun-2019
v04.1.0.0
Frans Pelser
t237245
Update Academic Structure references